PRIME, MICHAEL — Borneo
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MICHAEL PRIME erkundet weiter die Flora & Fauna, aber auf eine etwas andere Art und Weise als übliche "Field Recorder":
BORNEO enthält bioelektrische Impuls-Aufnahmen von Pflanzen aus Borneo, Ultrasound-Umsetzungen von Fledermäusen und Insekten, verbunden mit Regenwald-Umgebungsnoises und menschlichen Stadt- / Zivilisationsgeräuschen... dies alles führt er auf "Borneo" zusammen, eine neuartige Mischung aus musique concrete, die das Unhörbare hörbar macht, und field recordings. Dazu ein schönes Farbbooklet mit Texten und vielen Fotos...
"2 CDs in metal box with handmade cover, 14 pages booklet, edition of 400. “In February 2005 I visited the state of Sabah, north Borneo, with the object of recording bioelectrical signals from some of the unique flora and fauna there. I was particularly interested in tracking down specimens of the parasitic Rafflesia plant, whose flowers are the only part it shows above ground, as well as the carnivorous Nepenthes species that grow on Mt. Kinabalu. The bioelectrical sounds I recorded in the field are used in raw, manipulated and intermodulated form in the compositions here, but always retaining their natural rhythms. I also made field recordings in a variety of locations, ranging from city centre to undisturbed rainforest, and in all of the locations where I made bioelectrical recordings. Unless mentioned otherwise, all acoustic recordings were made on the move, using a pair of binaural microphones. As well as making bioelectrical recordings of plants, and ultrasonic recordings of bats and insects, I also set up small installations in the forest, using portable amplification. I then made live recordings of the installations, “stalking” them with the binaural microphones. Two ultrasonic transducers with heterodyne frequency conversion were used to record the ultrasonic sounds of the bats and insects. These recording have not been manipulated, edited or layered. The listener can follow the movements of the bats in real time as they locate insects and zoom in, speeding up their echolocation sounds to obtain better resolution in the sound picture they are receiving of their prey.” [credits]
"This is of course the time of the year that lots of people ask me where I will spent my holidays and I must report that going on holidays is something I never liked particularly, save for one reason: to hear sounds that you normally don't hear around the house. I am pretty sure other people do like holidays for better reasons, but who knows about Micheal Prime? He's a man who likes plants and the sounds they make, with stuff he made himself to make the sounds audible. In February 2005 he travelled to Borneo, the north part called Sabah, to record bioelectrical signals from flora and fauna. On the way he taped some more sound, not being restricted to just the birds and the bees. On this double pack one gets the whole sound picture, as it's neither a plain documentation of recordings of plants, nor an overcomposed work: it's a combination of both. There are the pure field recordings, but also compositions using these sounds and installation pieces using live processing of the sounds. On the double CD side they are not back to back but mixed, which makes a great listening session. Insect sounds, the activity of people working on the market, plants, they all found their way to this release. In a great cross over between musique concrete and field recordings, Prime took me on a fascinating journey. One which I didn't need leaving the house for..." [FdW / Vital Weekly]
BORNEO enthält bioelektrische Impuls-Aufnahmen von Pflanzen aus Borneo, Ultrasound-Umsetzungen von Fledermäusen und Insekten, verbunden mit Regenwald-Umgebungsnoises und menschlichen Stadt- / Zivilisationsgeräuschen... dies alles führt er auf "Borneo" zusammen, eine neuartige Mischung aus musique concrete, die das Unhörbare hörbar macht, und field recordings. Dazu ein schönes Farbbooklet mit Texten und vielen Fotos...
"2 CDs in metal box with handmade cover, 14 pages booklet, edition of 400. “In February 2005 I visited the state of Sabah, north Borneo, with the object of recording bioelectrical signals from some of the unique flora and fauna there. I was particularly interested in tracking down specimens of the parasitic Rafflesia plant, whose flowers are the only part it shows above ground, as well as the carnivorous Nepenthes species that grow on Mt. Kinabalu. The bioelectrical sounds I recorded in the field are used in raw, manipulated and intermodulated form in the compositions here, but always retaining their natural rhythms. I also made field recordings in a variety of locations, ranging from city centre to undisturbed rainforest, and in all of the locations where I made bioelectrical recordings. Unless mentioned otherwise, all acoustic recordings were made on the move, using a pair of binaural microphones. As well as making bioelectrical recordings of plants, and ultrasonic recordings of bats and insects, I also set up small installations in the forest, using portable amplification. I then made live recordings of the installations, “stalking” them with the binaural microphones. Two ultrasonic transducers with heterodyne frequency conversion were used to record the ultrasonic sounds of the bats and insects. These recording have not been manipulated, edited or layered. The listener can follow the movements of the bats in real time as they locate insects and zoom in, speeding up their echolocation sounds to obtain better resolution in the sound picture they are receiving of their prey.” [credits]
"This is of course the time of the year that lots of people ask me where I will spent my holidays and I must report that going on holidays is something I never liked particularly, save for one reason: to hear sounds that you normally don't hear around the house. I am pretty sure other people do like holidays for better reasons, but who knows about Micheal Prime? He's a man who likes plants and the sounds they make, with stuff he made himself to make the sounds audible. In February 2005 he travelled to Borneo, the north part called Sabah, to record bioelectrical signals from flora and fauna. On the way he taped some more sound, not being restricted to just the birds and the bees. On this double pack one gets the whole sound picture, as it's neither a plain documentation of recordings of plants, nor an overcomposed work: it's a combination of both. There are the pure field recordings, but also compositions using these sounds and installation pieces using live processing of the sounds. On the double CD side they are not back to back but mixed, which makes a great listening session. Insect sounds, the activity of people working on the market, plants, they all found their way to this release. In a great cross over between musique concrete and field recordings, Prime took me on a fascinating journey. One which I didn't need leaving the house for..." [FdW / Vital Weekly]